Name: ALEXANDER, Bruce.C.
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Pilot
Age:22
No.O-760522
Unit: 486 Bomb Group
833 Bomb Squadron
Plane: B-17-G
Missing since:06-12-1944
Next of Kin: Anaheim City, Calfornia.
KIA Information: Known to have been crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour.
In 1951, believed to be the unknown of X file 1998, however certain discrepancies were found.
Name: WOLSTEIN, Isadore
Rank: Corporal
Tail gunner
Age:19
No.17118603
Unit: 486 Bomb Group
833 Bomb Squadron
Plane: B-17-G
Missing since:06-12-1944
Next of Kin: Hennepin, Minnesota.
KIA Information: Known to have been crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour.
Name: ZOLYNSKI, Chester
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Tail gunner
Age:22
No.33333655
Unit: 486 Bomb Group
833 Bomb Squadron
Plane: B-17-G
Missing since:06-12-1944
Next of Kin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
KIA Information: Known to have been crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour. There was mention that his ID tags were on a grave at Edam, but it turned out this was not correct as no allied soldiers were buried at Edam Cemetery.
Name: SYKORA, Roy.J.
Rank: Flight Officer
Navigator
Age:27
No.T-130000
Unit: 486 Bomb Group
833 Bomb Squadron
Plane: B-17-G
Missing since:06-12-1944
Next of Kin:Illinois
KIA Information: Known to have been crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour.
Name: SHURTLEFF, Dwight.K.
Rank: Corporal
Waist gunner
Age:25
No.31141379
Unit: 486 Bomb Group
833 Bomb Squadron
Plane: B-17-G
Missing since:06-12-1944
Next of Kin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
KIA Information: Known to have been crashed near the breakwater of IJmuiden harbour.
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